Ottoman Balkan 15-Bore Miquelet-Lock Gun, Arnautka , 1837, browned tapering sighted barrel retained by 7 engraved brass bands, signed on left of breech and decorated with silver scrolls, tang inlaid with brief inscription in silver including date, engraved steel lock retaining some silver decoration, full stock encased in engraved brass pierced with delicate scrollwork pattern revealing underlying white metal, slender butt decorated en suite, pierced engraved trigger-guard, pair of steel sling swivels, steel ramrod, barrel l. 52 1/2 in. (Sold as art.) Provenance: Thomas Del Mar in Association with Sotheby's, London, "Arms, Armour & Militaria," June 30, 2006, lot 63; Demetrius S. Spanos, MD Collection, Jonesboro, AR

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